From the Niagara Falls Review: When Ralph Terrio and Hunter Milborne announced they had bought the Niagara Falls Aviary and Michael’s Inn hotel buildings three months ago, they were coy about their future plans. Now those plans are public, and they’re big. Niagara Falls city council unanimously voted Tuesday night to allow two hotel towers…
One of the simple little things that gets done around Christmas time, is the windows of several of the attractions and restaurants on Clifton Hill get painted with a winter and/or Christmas scene. I love them. The people who do them are very talented! Here are some of windows at Boston Pizza, Ripley’s Believe It or…
WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo has a report (with video) of the Holiday Lights of the Niagara Trail: Families can now visit the Holiday Lights of the Niagara Trail. The first lighting took place Wednesday night. There are 50 displays located throughout Hyde Park in Niagara Falls. There are an additional 10 displays on Pine…
Red Orbit has a fascinating article about some Marineland history. Apparently in 1977 John Holer was flying in a plane with a dozen dolphins from Mexico and the plane was forced to land in Texas due to bad weather. When they landed, US Customs saw the animals and called in the National Marine Fisheries Service…
Niagara Blog has posted another video on Clifton Hill. It is of a person doing a back flip by running up a wall and flipping over. Apparently this was on New Year’s Eve. The video is pretty short, but I include it in case you are interested in seeing which building on Clifton Hill he…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The rusty scow – perched on a small piece of land in the Niagara River about 2,500 feet above the Horseshoe Falls -is a reminder of what could have been. Today it remains an icon for millions of tourists, easily visible from shore stranded on its perch just above the…
From the Buffalo News: The Journey Behind the Falls, a tourist attraction that provides views from behind and beside the base of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, will be closed to visitors or will have limited access during the next two weeks as the Niagara Parks Commission conducts its annual spring maintenance along the rock wall…
This is a neat little video I came across that highlights some of the quirky things about the Canadian/US border. I’ve watched the whole video, and even though there is nothing that is specifically related to Niagara Falls, I figured it was still worth sharing.
From Niagara This Week: Embrace the true meaning of the holiday season for only $34.95 with A Christmas Survival Guide. That’s the opening line to a comedic look at what can only be described as the most stressful time of the year as many people curse and scramble in crammed shopping malls searching for a…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission (OLG) is expected to announce the winning proposal for a new 5,000-seat theatre next month, but one of the submissions already has the city concerned.